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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | '' | + | ''Gedankendank'' is a humorous {{w|portmanteau}} of ''gedankenexperiment'' (German for "{{w|thought experiment}}") and ''badonkadonk'' (slang term for [http://urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=badonkadonk an attractive, round butt]). |
− | {{w|Albert Einstein}} often | + | {{w|Albert Einstein}} often conducted gedankenexperiments to think through scientific hypotheses too impractical or impossible to actually perform, in order to examine their consequences. Moving close to the speed of light is nigh-impossible with existing technology; accelerating a mass exactly to the speed of light is believed to be impossible in known physics. It is unlikely that the real Einstein pondered how relativistic velocity would affect the appearance of his butt. |
− | {{w|Lorentz contraction}} is a consequence of special relativity, whereby objects contract in the direction of travel. | + | {{w|Lorentz contraction}} is a consequence of special relativity, whereby objects contract in the direction of travel. An object traveling exactly at '''c''' (rather than ''near'' light speed) would be squished completely flat. It would also have infinite mass, infinite energy, and experience no passage of time until was slowed by an outside force. |
− | The appearance of rotation | + | The appearance of rotation is known as {{w|Terrell rotation}}. The title text then connects this rotation to the Shakira song ''{{w|Hips Don't Lie}}''. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | :[A box is shown with Albert Einstein in a thinking pose.] |
− | + | :Albert Einstein: If I were traveling at the speed of light, my butt would look ''awesome.'' | |
− | :Einstein: If I were traveling at the speed of light, my butt would look ''awesome'' | + | :Einstein was famed for his ''Gedankedank.'' |
− | :Einstein was famed for his ''Gedankedank'' | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} |